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G-Phoria Awards Out of The Bag

Posted by Zonk on from the another-crappy-awards-show dept.

Gamasutra has coverage of the winners of this week's G-Phoria awards. Despite the fact that the show won't be televised until August 9th, they've released the winners via the press. Some of the winners: "Best Adaptation: LEGO Star Wars, Best Action Game: God of War, Best Boss: Halo 2 - Scarab Battle, Best Cinematic: God of War, Best Graphics: Half-Life 2, Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Best Innovation: Katamari Damacy"

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  1. Halo Fanboys vote in droves... by Wraithfighter · · Score: 2, Interesting
    To be fair, I'm a halo fanboy myself (or at least a Bungie fanboy. Loved Marathon and all that). But come on:

    How the hell did Halo 2 really deserve to win for male voice and best boss battle? I loved fighting that Scarab, and David Cross is a great actor with a unique voice and good lines, but God of War was DEFINED by its boss battles, and Cross's character was a bleeding extra! A freaking marine with some clever lines in the middle of battle!

    Oh, and madden won, big surprise, even though it was clearly not the best in the category. Hell, it wasn't even the best football game last year!

    And the North American made KOTOR 2 won, even though it was horribly imbalenced and clearly unfinished, while a gem of a game, although rather traditional Japanese RPG, Shin Migumi Tensei clearly deserved it.

    Hence the problem with online voting by fans: The real good stuff gets overlooked by the really popular stuff.

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  2. Scarab Battle by centauri · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now, I love Halo 2, but that "boss" is not that great. It's an impressive vehicle - until the Covenant drive it into a dead end and it's effectively stuck. You don't end up having to destroy the Scarab (that's done for you in a cutscene). All you do it clear its decks and kill its crew. It doesn't even shoot at you.

    I'd say the Prophet you have to fight is a better boss, since you actually have to resort to something other than your high-tech weaponry to beat him.

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  3. Online Voting for an Awards Show. by pnice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the people allowed to vote for winners should be required to play all of the games nominated for each category and then send in paper ballots or something like that (think The Academy Awards). Right now it's just people voting on the games that the same TV show told them to buy and then voting on it as the best game. I doubt many of the people have honestly played through more than a few of the titles in each category.

    I would like to take a moment to say that Tina Wood is a walking infomercial and nothing more.

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